7Action to be taken by medical practitioner after attending place of death

7 Action to be taken by medical practitioner after attending place of death

(1)  A medical practitioner who attends a place of death under regulation 6(1)(a) or in accordance with an arrangement under regulation 6(1)(b) is to –

(a) issue a medical certificate, if satisfied that –

(i) the person who has been notified as dead is in fact dead; and

(ii) the death is not a reportable death; and

(iii) an identification tag is attached to the human remains in accordance with regulation 13 ; or

(b) issue a declaration of life extinct, if satisfied that –

(i) the person who has been notified as dead is in fact dead; and

(ii) an identification tag is attached to the human remains in accordance with regulation 13 ; or

(c) notify a police officer or a coroner of the death, if the medical practitioner believes that the death is a reportable death.

(2)  On issuing a declaration of life extinct under subregulation (1)(b) , a medical practitioner is to –

(a) issue a medical certificate, if satisfied that the death is not a reportable death; or

(b) specify in the declaration of life extinct the name of another medical practitioner who has agreed to issue a medical certificate.